WorksheetsSPM - Chapter 4 & 5 - Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which process is NOT part of project integration management?
Closing the project or phase
Developing the project business case
Developing the project charter
Developing the project management plan
What is the last step in the four-stage planning process for selecting IT projects?
IT strategy planning
Business area analysis
Mind mapping
Resource allocation
Which is NOT a best practice for new product development projects?
Align projects and resources with business strategy
Select projects with payback under two years
Focus on customer needs in identifying projects
Assign project managers to lead projects
A new law requires an organization to report data in a new way. Which project category would include building a new information system to provide this data?
Problem
Directive
Regulation
Opportunity
Discounted benefits total 120,000anddiscountedcoststotal 100,000. What is the estimated ROI?
120 percent
20 percent
$120,000
$20,000
Which document formally recognizes a project and provides direction on objectives and management?
Project charter
Contract
Business case
Project management plan
Which item is NOT normally included in a project charter?
A Gantt chart
Stakeholder signatures
Budget information
The name of the project manager
Which function ensures the descriptions of the project’s products are correct and complete?
A change control board
Integration management
Integrated change control
Configuration management
Which is NOT a suggestion for performing integrated change control?
Establish a formal change control system
Minimize change
View project management as constant communication and negotiation
Use good configuration management
Which tool and technique is used for all processes of project integration management?
Project management software
Templates
Expert judgement
All of the above
When classifying projects, which category addresses compliance with externally imposed mandates?
Strategic expansion
Directive
Opportunity
Operational improvement
Which core output of develop project charter typically captures high-level requirements and risks?
Project management plan
Issue log
Business case
Charter document
In integrated change control, who authorizes changes and ensures alignment with objectives?
Change control board
Configuration librarian
Project team
Project sponsor
Which statement best describes configuration management in IT projects?
Tracks product versions and baselines
Approves budget increases
Schedules stakeholder meetings
Evaluates vendor contracts
Which measure is used during project selection to compare financial benefits to costs over time?
Payback period
Net present value
Internal rate of return
Return on investment
_____ refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them.
Product development
Scope
Deliverables
Milestones
Which tool or technique for collecting requirements is often the most expensive and time consuming?
Surveys
Observation
Interviews
Focus groups
A _____ is a deliverable‑oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines its total scope.
work package
scope statement
WBS
WBS dictionary
What approach to developing a WBS involves writing down or drawing ideas in a nonlinear format?
Mind mapping
Analogy
Top‑down
Bottom‑up
Assume that you have a project with major categories called planning, analysis, design, and testing. What level of the WBS would these items fall under?
0
1
2
3
Which of the following is NOT a best practice that can help in avoiding scope problems on IT projects?
Keep the scope realistic.
Use off‑the‑shelf hardware and software whenever possible.
Follow good project management processes.
Do not involve too many users in scope management.
What constitutes requirements for agile projects?
The sprints
The requirements list
The Scrum
The backlog
Scope _____ is often achieved by a customer inspection and then sign‑off on key deliverables.
acceptance
validation
completion
close‑out
Which of the following is NOT a suggestion for improving user input?
Only have meetings as needed, not on a regular basis.
Co‑locate users with developers.
Have users on the project team.
Develop a good project selection process for IT projects.
Project management software helps you develop a _____, which serves as a basis for creating Gantt charts, assigning resources, and allocating costs.
WBS
schedule
project plan
deliverable
